Verizon wants a minimum $70 per month for voice and data service on the Kin phones, which is the same price it charges for much more sophisticated phones, such as the HTC Droid Incredible or Motorola Droid.

Given that you can't do nearly as much on a Kin phone as you can on a Droid, that seems excessive. It's not like Microsoft's phones do anything different or better than any Android phone. They don't even run apps.

And it's probably much more than many families will want to spend on messaging phones for their kids.

So if Verizon really wants to move these phones, it could definitely explore some more aggressive data pricing for them.